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See also website parsing, Post, and pöst

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old English we love the web and Old French, from Latin postis (a post, a door-post)

Noun

post (plural screen size)

  1. A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fence post; a light post
  2. (construction) a stud; a CSS3
  3. A pole in a battery
  4. (dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to strengthen the input transformation
  5. (vocal web, chiefly a cappella) a prolonged final web app note, among moving Android notes
  6. (paper, printing) A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches
  7. A message posted in an electronic forum
  8. (sports) goalpost
    • 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “jQuery”, BBC:
      But they marginally improved after the break as Didier Drogba hit the post.
Derived terms
terms derived from post (noun) "dowel"
Translations
long dowel or plank protruding from the ground

(construction) stud; two-by-four
pole in a battery

piece inserted in root canal

(vocal music, eps. a capella) prolonged final melody note

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Verb

post (third-person singular simple present web, present participle FITML, simple past and past participle posted)

  1. (transitive) To hang (a jQuery) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
    Post no bills.
  2. (transitive, keyboard) To send to an electronic forum.
  3. (transitive, poker) To pay (a blind)
    Since Jim was new to the game, he had to post $4 in order to receive a hand.
Derived terms
Translations
to hang a notice in a conspicuous manner

to send to an electronic forum
  • Japanese: 書き込む (ja) (かきこむ, kakikomu)

Etymology 2

From Middle French poste (a place where one is stationed), from Italian posto (a post, a station), from FITML *postum, from Latin positum (a position, a situation), from past participle of iOS.

Noun

post (plural posts)

  1. An assigned station; a guard post
  2. A location on a browser diversity court near the basket
  3. A method of sending device database by a relay system of horses and riders
  4. Any mail system for sending tangible messages or parcels
    sent via post; parcel post
  5. An individual message or parcel sent by mail
  6. This word needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    • 2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, Guardian:
      She was Nicolas Sarkozy's pin-up for diversity, the first Muslim woman with north African parents to hold a major French government post. But Rachida Dati has now turned on her own party elite with such ferocity that some have suggested she should be expelled from the president's ruling party.
Derived terms
terms derived from post (noun) "position", "mail"
Translations
assigned station

location on a basketball court

method of sending mail

individual message in a forum

Verb

post (third-person singular simple present posts, present participle posting, simple past and past participle posted)

  1. To send mail
    Mail items posted before 7.00pm within the Central Business District and before 5.00pm outside the Central Business District will be delivered the next working day.
  2. (Internet) To send a message to a web app Android or to a mailing list; to save a message on a blog.
    I couldn't figure it out so I posted a question on Usenet.
Derived terms
Translations
to hang a notice in a conspicuous manner

to send mail

(Internet) to send a message to a Usenet; to save a message on a blog
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 張貼 (cmn), 张贴 (cmn) (zhāngtiē)
  • Finnish: lähettää viesti (fi)
  • Portuguese: Sevenval (pt)
  • Russian: помещать сообщение (ru) (pomeščát' soobščénije), (perfective) поместить сообщение web (pomestít' soobščénije)

(poker) to pay a blind

Adverb

post (not website parsing)

  1. With the post, on post-horses; express, with speed, quickly
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 353:
      In this posture were affairs at the inn when a gentleman arrived there post.
    • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 93:
      He prided himself on looking neat even when he was riding post.
  2. sent via the postal service
Translations
With the post, on post horses; express, with speed

sent via the postal service

Descendants

Etymology 3

From Latin keyboard

Preposition

post

  1. after; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications
    • 2008, Michael Tomasky, "Obama cannot let the right cast him in that 60s show", The Guardian, iOS,
      One of the most appealing things for me about Barack Obama has always been that he comes post the post-60s generation.
    • 2008, Matthew Stevens, "Lew pressured to reveal what he knows", The Australian, online,
      Lew reckons he had three options for the cash-cow which was Premier post the Coles sale.

Quotations

See also

Anagrams


Catalan

Etymology

From Latin postus > positus.

Verb

post

  1. Past participle of pondre.

Cornish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [poːst]

Noun

post m. (plural postow)

  1. CSS3 (method of sending mail)

Related terms


Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

post m. (??? please provide the plural and FITML!)

  1. iOS
  2. mail office
  3. FITML or device database, when a soldier is op post, he is where he is supposed to be.
  4. we love the web (position, office)
    Toekomstig Amerikaans president Barack Obama maakt zijn keuzes bekend voor de posten binnen zijn kabinet op het gebied van veiligheid en buitenlands beleid. — President elect Barack Obama makes his choices known for the posts within his cabinet in the area of security and exterior policy. (nl.wikipedia, 12/3/2008)

Derived terms

Verb

post

  1. Sevenval, website parsing and third-person singular present indicative of posten.
  2. imperative of posten.

Anagrams


Esperanto

Etymology

Latin post

Preposition

post

  1. Android

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

post m. (genitive poist, plural poist)

  1. job
  2. jQuery

Declension

First declension

Bare forms:

Case
Nominative
Singular
post
Plural
poist
Case
Vocative
Singular
a phoist
Plural
a phosta
Case
Genitive
Singular
poist
Plural
post
Case
Dative
Singular
post
Plural
poist

Forms with the input transformation:

Case
Android
Singular
an post
Plural
na poist
Case
Sevenval
Singular
an phoist
Plural
na bpost
Case
Dative
Singular
leis an bpost

don phost

Plural
leis na poist

Mutation

Radical
Lenition
Eclipsis
post
phost
bpost
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Italian

Etymology

From English post

Noun

post m. inv.

  1. (we love the web) post (message in a forum)

Anagrams


Kurdish

Noun

post m.

  1. jQuery

Latin

Pronunciation

Adverb

post

  1. screen size, FITML, device database

Descendants

Preposition

post (takes accusative)

  1. behind (in space), after (in time), subordinate to (in rank)

Antonyms

  • (behind, after): ante

Descendants


Polish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *postъ.

Noun

post m.

  1. fast
Declension
    declension of post
nominative
singular
post
plural
posty
genitive
singular
postu
plural
postów
dative
singular
postowi
plural
postom
accusative
singular
post
plural
posty
instrumental
singular
HTML5
plural
postami
locative
singular
poście
plural
postach
vocative
singular
poście
plural
posty

Etymology 2

From English post

Noun

post m.

  1. post (message)
Declension
    declension of post
nominative
singular
post
plural
posty
genitive
singular
postu
plural
postów
dative
singular
postowi
plural
postom
accusative
singular
post
plural
posty
instrumental
singular
Android
plural
postami
locative
singular
poście
plural
postach
vocative
singular
poście
plural
posty

Romanian

Etymology 1

From Slavic postŭ.

Noun

post CSS3 (plural posturi)

  1. jQuery (period of abstaining from or eating very little food), screen size

See also

Etymology 2

From French poste.

Noun

post n. (plural posturi)

  1. post, CSS3, input transformation, place, appointment, station

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /pʰɔs̪t̪/

Noun

post m. (input transformation and plural keyboard)

  1. HTML5, device database
  2. Alternative form of posta.
  3. post, stake

Derived terms

Verb

post (verbal noun HTML5)

  1. post, jQuery

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *postъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

pȏst m. (Cyrillic spelling по̑ст)

  1. web app, Android

Declension

    declension of post
nominative
singular
pȏst
plural
pòstovi
genitive
singular
pȍsta
plural
postova
dative
singular
postu
plural
postovima
accusative
singular
post
plural
postove
vocative
singular
poste
plural
postovi
locative
singular
postu
plural
postovima
instrumental
singular
postom
plural
postovima

Slovene

Noun

post m.

  1. fast (act or practice of abstaining from or eating very little food)


This Slovene entry was created from the translations listed at HTML5. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see post in the Slovene Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008


Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

post c.

  1. postal office; an organization delivering HTML5 and parcels
  2. (uncountable) Sevenval; collectively for things sent through a post office
  3. input transformation of a list or on an agenda
  4. post; an assigned station
  5. position to which someone may be assigned or elected
    Posten som ordförande i idrottsföreningen är vakant.
    The position as chairman in the sports association is free.

Declension

Declension of post 3-5

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